maple classic™ @squirrel@computerfairi.es

@TrollDecker oh yeah definitely

but really only older TVs here can't do NTSC anymore and I have no interest in those, so, meh

i guess they don't remove the original ntsc crystal in this console because the original is SMD

in older consoles (SNES, Master System f.ex) the crystal is through-hole, so they would remove the original NTSC one and put a PAL-M in its place, making it harder to revert those since then you need to source the original crystals again

so the way the ntsc ps1 was transcoded into pal-m was they tacked on a pal-m subcarrier crystal across the original ntsc one and wired one bit on the video encoder IC to ground to switch it over

you just remove the crystal and the patch wire and it goes back to ntsc, and displays correctly on american tvs (or, in this case, a PVM)

@even_more_damned_muteKi gremlins

@even_more_damned_muteKi (the last part is in jest but it's a thing i think about a lot and a headcanon i kinda like? driveby biohacking)

@even_more_damned_muteKi sometimes i make a mess outta it tbh

although i can't imagine inhaling the lead-based solder fumes not having some bearing on my weird personality

@aeonofdiscord i cheated and it was not the answer i thought it was and now i am scared

@masklayer is that an app? what are you drawing on?

@zyabin101 i don't understand what you want me to do

"how do you do all this cool stuff"

i

just use google

honest

@chosafine@instance.business aaaaaaa

picked up my computer back from the shop, they're clueless too, but say it's more likely the mobo is bad, heck

now i need to return that..

@zyabin101 what?

@bea hhhh

<3

@craigmaloney@octodon.social nothing, it's just a ps1 that was originally hacked into pal-m

i unhacked it back to ntsc so it would show with colour on my pvm

WE GOT COLOUR https://computerfairi.es/media/cEmLHWcTlx0QA_PUPns

@troubleMoney all things considered it's a pretty tidy modchip https://computerfairi.es/media/0Eu0K1HQmW78ykLUuls

heck buddy you've seen some shit huh https://computerfairi.es/media/kz5jIk0N_eyHoafH3dM

oooohhhh heckie, apparently i can convert a pal-m ps1 back into ntsc just removing the pal-m crystal and redoing one trace

older consoles usually require a crystal replacement

sounds like i'll have some ps1 tonight

@sydneyfalk it's me the skwerlb